Cucurbitam0schata
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(photo links in titles of pedals, from my browser, the links look just like regular text!)
Sea Horse - I may try to tinker with the ticking. For whatever reason, my pedal's ticking is SO faint and quiet, might not be worth opening up things. Overall, the pedals is so fun, lots of options from a straighter sounding chorus to all out wacky.
Mercurial Boost - Great pedal, recommended intro (simply parts sourcing, few parts overall) for anyone who's getting into pedal building. I chose a difficult boxing method, in order to utilize a pre-drilled Tayda box. I will definitely drill my own box next time... Compare the standard 3-knob to the Mercurial Boost's 3-knob arrangement. I really like the ability to target the frequency and range.
Zapper - Lot of fun options with this one. Wild results when selecting different guitar pickups and knobbing around with pedal band/freq choices. Really fun when you go high freq on the pedal, and then use your bridge pickups (and vice versa).
Phase II - Still figuring this pedal out and working the trim pots. For me, this pedal has a slight-but-not-huge volume drop when engaged. Overall, the effect is definitely there (of course had to play the Gilmore riff to confirm). Not sure if the volume drop needs (a) trim pot attention, (b) needs more drive in the signal path, by design, or (c) if I did something wrong. First up, working on the trim pots.
Sidenote - what do you all think: is it better to link photos or to upload? I've done both, today my images were too big (although it's the same size as other photos...). I'm happy with whatever, if anyone else has some protips for that, I'm all ears.
Sea Horse - I may try to tinker with the ticking. For whatever reason, my pedal's ticking is SO faint and quiet, might not be worth opening up things. Overall, the pedals is so fun, lots of options from a straighter sounding chorus to all out wacky.
Mercurial Boost - Great pedal, recommended intro (simply parts sourcing, few parts overall) for anyone who's getting into pedal building. I chose a difficult boxing method, in order to utilize a pre-drilled Tayda box. I will definitely drill my own box next time... Compare the standard 3-knob to the Mercurial Boost's 3-knob arrangement. I really like the ability to target the frequency and range.
Zapper - Lot of fun options with this one. Wild results when selecting different guitar pickups and knobbing around with pedal band/freq choices. Really fun when you go high freq on the pedal, and then use your bridge pickups (and vice versa).
Phase II - Still figuring this pedal out and working the trim pots. For me, this pedal has a slight-but-not-huge volume drop when engaged. Overall, the effect is definitely there (of course had to play the Gilmore riff to confirm). Not sure if the volume drop needs (a) trim pot attention, (b) needs more drive in the signal path, by design, or (c) if I did something wrong. First up, working on the trim pots.
Sidenote - what do you all think: is it better to link photos or to upload? I've done both, today my images were too big (although it's the same size as other photos...). I'm happy with whatever, if anyone else has some protips for that, I'm all ears.
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